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Recent reports show that young men are getting behind the gender equality message. They know that organisations that embrace this message make life better for everyone. Gender equality is not just a women’s issue, it’s our issue. Time to leave ‘Women’s Groups’ at work behind?

The recent revelations of the abuse of women by men like Weisntsein, MPs, etc, have sparked a slew of sensationalist media coverage. The backlash begins. Women are being blamed for allowing the abuse. This is a story that must not be allowed to go away. Seize the moment.

Sophie Slavin set up her own business in social media. Before that she took her pony into hospices (yes, really) and appeared in Sherlock Holmes. She is a single parent (with a supportive father) and is passionate about being a good role model to her daughter. And she has a hobby horse. I mean her hobby is her horse!

It’s been a strange week for women. The Weinstein abuse story breaks and sympathy abounds. Then the backlash. Why didn’t they tell? Let’s get to our comfortable space of blaming the women. And then, amazingly, we begin to listen to the women. Really listen.

Busnesses with over 250 employees have got to report on their gender pay gap by April 2018. So far just 89 have. It’s not easy for businesses to suddenly find women to promote. Yet they need to as businesses with gender equality thrive. Here’s an answer for them…along with some tips for ambitious women, too.

Meet Carolyn Scott-Jeffs, a woman of many talents. Carolyn is a writer and theatre director. Just who did Lord Reith of BBC loathe so much he stifled her career? It’s all in this interview. Carolyn also has a play about another, largely unsung extraordinary woman opening soon at the Lichfield Garrick, Letters to Emma.